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div>What is Cathodic arc deposition?/div>
div>Cathodic arc deposition or Arc-PVD is a physical vapor deposition technique in which an electric arc is used to vaporize material from a cathode target. The vaporized material then condenses on a substrate, forming a thin film. The technique can be used to deposit metallic, ceramic, and composite films./div>
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div>strong>Applications/strong>/div>
div>Cathodic arc deposition is actively used to synthesize extremely hard film to protect the surface of cutting tools and extend their life significantly. A wide variety of thin hard-film, Superhard coatings and nanocomposite coatings can be synthesized by this technology including TiN, TiC, TiCN, TiAlN, CrN, ZrN, AlCrTiN and TiAlSiN./div>
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div>This is also used quite extensively particularly for carbon ion deposition to